The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1887-03-29

"What do you say about this piuf
I say it's good and the old woman says
it's bad?"
1t was q five he had, and the ''old
woman" sat in the wagon on the Oppo
site side of the street.
why does she suspect it to be hade"
/ asked, as l surveyed the bill.
well. it was give to me four or five
days ago by chap who rode out home
with us, had supper. and then cut
across to the railroad station. ]
shouldn't have charged him more than
seventy-fye cents at the most, and bis
liberality seems queer"
WIS dead certain from his first words
that had got track of my man. We
went into the bank to satisfy him thai
the bill was all right, and then crossed
to the wagon. Iwant to tell you thai
country people are head and shoulder
above the average city residents in the
matter of observation and in remem-
bering what they see.
'.Well, one reason why i suspected
this man." said the wife, twas because
his hair was dreadfully haggied and
then dyed. Such botch work you never
saw. His hair was all in streaks OF
black and red, and he'd got the dye on
his ears and neck"
The fellow had tried to play smart in
leaving the city by one of the highways,
but accident had revealed his trail. he
had taken the train at station about
fifteen miles away, and he had four
days the start of me. The first move
WAS to run out to the country station al
which he had taken the train. / there
found that he had made many inquiries
about the northern and western part OF
the State, and had finally purchased a
ticket for Fond du Lac. The description
of him was good. and / was about to
buy ticket for the same place and take
a train due in half an hour. when in
came boy who had been there On the
evening when Lane. bought his ticket
He was lad who helped around the
station, and it was plain that he had a
good deal of native wit.
"Yes, that chap bought ticket for
Fond du Lac, but / don't think he went
there" replied the lad when began to
question him.
What makes you think he did note"
Because" he answered, as he hand
ed down a folder from the rack, she
was studying this route, which goes to
Portage City. l think he meant To take
this folder along. but dropped it. See
how he has marked it with pencil.
So he had. He could run up tu Water
town and 90 through by way Of Beaver
Dam. He had marked the time of AZ
rival at the junction and of the arrival
at Portage. and il could not b. that lac
would take all that trouble In throw
any one off his trail. There WIS no one
after him, and he could not argue that
the boy would hold the marked folder
against him. therefore changed my
route to Portage City, and at the june
ton got track of my man. He had nc
ticket, but had paid his fare in cash. il
was night and the state of his hair had
not been noticed. but the conductor
described Lanes general appearance
and said that he had changed a twenty
dollar bill for him. He might 90 nc
further than Beaver Dam, and got of
there and looked around for few
hours. No trace of him had been had
and was at the depot to take the train
whena conversation between two young
men became interesting.
You ought to have told some body
protested one.
YES, and been laughed at" replied
the other.
'.And he had ten thousand dollars?
"Yes, double that.
And he was counting it on tn,
bed?"
Yes"
"May be, but he was off early in the
morning. Well. SO long, Tom-here'
the train"
The one who had seen some one count
ing money was going west by IN!
train, and schemed to get seat witt
him and draw him out. He was ,
porter at one of the hotels i'm Portage
and he had seen guest answerin,
Lanes description counting such a 10
of money that it covered half the bed
The porter had made his observation
through the keyhole of the door. and
being ashamed of himself, had hesitate'
TO 20 to the landlord. The man ha'
arrived without baggage, but had Their
purchased valisc. and his neryou
manner and the sight of - much none.
i'm his possession had led the porter L
finally conclude that there was a mys
tern there somewhere. although he ina
not spoken of it to amy around the honSt
The man had purchased Il suit of coars
clothes, with hat and shoes To match
and i'm leaving had taken the highws